On November 18, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation transferred the cassation complaint by Krastsvetmet OJSC to the Economical Disputes Collegial Body for examination, thereby giving hope to all taxpayers who suffer from tax liability for actions of their bad faith contractors.

The case against Valery Izrailit is a significant one in many ways. We see how the law enforcement system works, how a district court judge works, how the supreme court instance works. We also see the reaction of the authorities to public accusations of promises not being kept.

Works of architecture as an object of copyright – what the architect, developer, builder and investor need to know to protect their interests. Materials are prepared by experts of the IP practice at Capital Legal Services Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh.

In the regular column Intellectual Wednesdays (Season 2, Episode 6), IP experts at Capital Legal Services Practice Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh not only analyzed Eksmo’s latest case, but also explained why the fight against piracy is actually beneficial for society and culture.

When and on what grounds can a competitor contest the registration of your company name as a trademark? And how do you retain your trademark when a competitor wants very badly to cancel it? Materials and examination of a case are prepared by experts of the IP practice at Capital Legal Services Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh.

Experts of Capital Legal Services Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh used intellectual property to protect a tourist symbol of Leningradskaya Region – Losiliy the Moose. Experts of the IP practice use this example to show how creative solutions can be protected from the time they come to light.

On October 1, 2019, new Federal Law No.191-FZ dated 18.07.2019 takes effect. This law introduces certain amendments to the Russian Commercial Arbitration Procedural Code governing particular issues tied to class action lawsuits in the commercial arbitration process, and introduced a similar institute to the Russian Civil Procedural Code.

In late September, Elena Berger, Head of the IP practice at Capital Legal Services, spoke at the IP Academy, a major Intellectual Property conference. In the regular column Intellectual Wednesdays, Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh explain in layman’s terms all the provisions on Elena’s presentation on parallel import issues.

In the Intellectual Wednesdays column, experts of the IP practice at Capital Legal Services examined a copyright dispute and denial of a claim for 117 million rubles against Philipp Kirkorov. The material is prepared by Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh.

The legal market in Russia is highly competitive, and wartime, as we know, is a time to use any means to win, even such questionable means as doubtful advertising. You have probably seen such slogans as “Guaranteed win” and “No.1 company on the market.” Can such promises and numbers be trusted?